Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Buttonappears in We Organized - The slaves in the poem, We Organized, use this object belonging to their master to curse him and force him to allow them their freedom.

Windowsappears in Justice - These objects become fogged and etched with images of the murder of Riley Holt, forcing Hoop to give in and confess to the crime.

Oil Heaterappears in The Sight - Esau Mayes sees from his psychic gift that his family is going to be trapped in a house fire started by this object.

Boo Mamaappears in Boo Mama -...
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